Party Planning

Chances are, at some point in your life you have organized or helped organize an event. Remember your birthday parties growing up? There must have been some planning involved, such as guest lists and food. Events can range from first-birthday parties to political fundraisers, anniversaries, fashion shows, product launches, conferences, graduations, and reunions, to name just a few! Planning a party can be a difficult and overwhelming process but with these simple steps, you can do it with ease. To have a victorious celebration you must have a venue, food and entertainment.

You must find a great venue for your affair. Choosing a space that can accommodate your guest comfortably is extremely important. By having a grand space your guests will be at liberty to move around and socialize better, and also a have a more comfortable time dining and dancing. Another thing to consider when you are looking for a location is to consider the distance the guests will have to travel. You don’t want a place that is difficult to get to or is a enormous distance for your guests to travel. You must also consider your theme when researching venues. If your theme requires a lot of decorations, you may want to consider a space that is neutral in tone; this will eliminate any concerns of clashing colors.

Having terrific food at your event is just as important as the venue. Food can be one of the tougher essentials to consider when planning a party. Depending on the theme and type of your event, this may shape your decisions in food selection. You may not want to serve finger foods to party-goers that are dressed in formal wear. A caterer may be a possibility, not only does a relieve some of the responsibility off your shoulders but usually they are more likely to impress your guests. Having many options for the types of food served is imperative. This way all your guests will able to find something that like....

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1. Choose a party theme.
2. Create the guest list. Friends and relatives if you want a mixed party.
3. Pick the party date and time. Parties are generally 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours long.
4. Order or buy party supplies, decorations, party favors, activities and prizes for games. Be sure to order enough tableware for the adults that will attend, as well.
2-3 weeks before your birthday party
1.Send the invitations with an RSVP.
2.Decide on activities and games to play. Plan more games than you expect to use in case you run out of activities before the party is over.
3. Plan your menu.
4. Arrange for extra help on the party day from friends or relatives.
1 week before the party
1. Order cake from a bakery if you are not baking your own. Bake cake and freeze it, if making your own.
2. Make any other foods that can be made ahead of time and store foods in the freezer.
3.Write out a final schedule of activities for the party.
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Thinking and looking ahead
Process of establishing objectives and appropriate courses of action before taking action
Why plan?
To be:
a. EFFECTIVE – being able to realize the objectives
- “doing the right thing”
b. EFFICIENT – being able to spend the least amount of resources in realizing the objective
- “doing things right”
TYPES OF PLANS:
1. Strategic Plan
- focused on the entire organization
- top management formulates the objectives
- lower level management formulate the relevant objectives and plans on how to attain
them
- it predicts the external business environment
2. Tactical Plan
- middle level managers plan what to do, how to do it and who will do it
- scope is one year or less
3. OPERATING PLAN
- provides the specifics as to how the strategic plan shall be attained
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(1) Program – set of activities towards and objective
- major undertaking that may take several years to complete
- large in scope
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Concepts of Career Management
What are careers?
– Sequence of work-related positions held by someone during lifetime
Career Paths
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Concepts of Career Management
• Career management
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• Career development
– The lifelong series of activities that contribute to a person’s career exploration, establishment, success, and fulfillment.
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Careers and Career Planning
What is Career Planning?
It is an Individual’s choice of occupation, organizations and jobs based on –
Individual’s assessment of his/her interests, abilities and goals Examining alternative career options Establishing personal career goals Developing a career path Planning how to progress through the career path
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• Organization-Centered Career Planning
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The newly elected mayor is holding an investiture ceremony and inaugural ball in six weeks. There are many steps leading up to the event and there is a great deal of planning necessary to ensure the client is satisfied.
The production schedule is a list that facilitates monitoring functions for the day of the event. It lists the time, location, people involved and tasks that need to be completed in order to stay on schedule. There are a large number of people necessary in order for an event of this size to occur. A production schedule will be used for the investiture ceremony as well as the inaugural ball to inform the many people involved of their necessary tasks. A timeline is similar to the production schedule and is presented in chronological format however it includes the activities that are necessary up until the day of the event.
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